FIGHTING THE INSECTS 



and this pointed the story. I told the tale of achievement that was 

 to bring about the subsequent aboHtion of the dread scourge, 

 and of the heroic self-sacrifice involved in Reed's work. I think 

 that Dr. Bell himself suggested that a movement should be begun 

 at once to secure a memorial to Reed and his colleagues, and 

 suitable pensions to their widows. The idea met with enthusi- 

 astic response, and an organization was formed immediately to 

 carry out the two suggestions. The late James Fletcher, then 

 Hon. Treasurer of the Royal Society of Canada, was my guest 

 at the time and was present at this wonderful dinner. On our 

 way home he could talk of nothing but this incident, and of his 

 admiration for Dr. Bell and his regret that the latter had not 

 stayed in Canada to help them with such fine movements as he 

 was pushing forward in the States. 



The result of the discussion at this dinner was speedy. The 

 next day the American Association for the Advancement of 

 Science passed resolutions reciting the tremendous value of the 

 work of Reed and his colleagues, and authorizing the President 

 to appoint a committee of nine to secure a memorial to Dr. Reed. 

 Dr. Oilman was appointed chairman; Dr. Bell, Surgeon-Oeneral 

 Sternberg, Seth Low, Abram S. Hewitt, J. O. Schurman, Dr. S. 

 E. Chaille, Dr. W. H. Welch and Dr. Charles Sedgwick Minot 

 were the other members. 



I was very glad that Dr. Bell's name was included with this 

 committee, as he was the first to suggest the movement. When 

 a few weeks later the Walter Reed Memorial Association was 

 incorporated in Washington, he did not appear as one of the 

 incorporators. Original officers of this association were Dr. Gil- 

 man, President; General Sternberg, Vice-President; Charles J. 

 Bell, Treasurer; General Calvin De Witt, Secretary; with an 

 executive committee consisting of Major J. R. Kean, Major W. 

 D. McCaw and Dr. A. F. A. King. Soon afterwards, the Amer- 



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